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Definition of phylloxera in English:

phylloxera

Pronunciation: /fɪˈlɒksərə//ˌfɪlɒkˈsɪərə/

noun

‘Recession in the 1880s was compounded by phylloxera, which swept aside not only vines but many poorer farmers.’

‘While growing succeeded there for decades, a plague of the plant louse phylloxera, followed by Prohibition and then the Depression, set the region back for years.’

‘They had replanted their land with vines after the phylloxera disaster, until a glut of cheap wine flooded the market, and they could no longer sell their only product.’

‘In addition, Chile is excitingly free from phylloxera, the bane of the wine universe, allowing it to produce versatile, forthright wines that are a pure and direct expression of single grape varieties.’

‘More important was the wine boom in Spain and Italy in the 1880s which took advantage of the phylloxera epidemic in France.’